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Civilians killed, injured in Rif Dimashq, Daraa
Date: 2014-11-15 09:26:12 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:1335889
A number of civilians were killed and injured in air and mortar shelling on Rif Dimashq and Daraa cities on Saturday. Two persons were killed and several others wounded when government forces raided western Ghouta of Rif Dimashq in tandem with ....
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More than 100,000 Libyans flee fighting over past month
Date: 2014-11-15 08:09:30 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:1335269
The UN refugee agency reported that intense fighting among rival armed groups in western, eastern and south-eastern Libya has forced more than 100,000 people to flee their homes in the past month. The stepped up conflict is centered on the towns ....
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Algerian army kills extremist in Tizi Ouzou
Date: 2014-11-15 08:02:26 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:1335229
An armed extremist was killed Friday in Tizi Ouzou province, northern Algeria. Military troops killed the extremist during a security campaign in the state, 110 kilometers east of the capital, Algiers, according to Sky News. ....
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Saudi CP meets Australian PM
Date: 2014-11-15 07:44:16 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:1335113
Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Defense Minister Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud met on Saturday with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Australia's northern city of Brisbane. The meeting took up means ....
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Houthis arrive in Maareb for Qaeda fight
Date: 2014-11-15 07:30:16 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:1335029
Armed groups from the Houthi group started arriving in the southeastern province of Maareb after having secured Al Bayda' province in a bid to fight Al-Qaeda in Yemen. Houthi fighters and residents are preparing to cleanse the province from ....
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Lebanese PM meets UNIFIL commander
Date: 2014-11-14 19:34:13 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:1334153
Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam met on Friday with UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano. They discussed the work of the UN peacekeeping troops and the situation in the areas where they are deployed. Salam also convened ....
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Hagel discounts expanding Daesh fight to include Syrian regime
Date: 2014-11-13 20:58:41 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:1329525
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel discounted the prospect of extending the fight against Daesh militant group to target Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, saying the U.S.’s priority is countering the Islamic militants in Iraq, Bloomberg ....
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Sisi urges end to Palestinian-Israeli conflict
Date: 2014-11-13 20:54:08 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:1329501
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi reiterated support Thursday for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state alongside the state of Israel based on the pre-1967 borders. The president made the remarks during a phone call with King ....
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IEA concerned over instability in Iraq, Libya
Date: 2014-11-13 20:47:38 GMT - Austria - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:1329481
Director of the International Energy Agency Fatih Birol voiced Thursday his concern over the instability in some Arab oil producing countries such as Iraq and Libya. Birol's remarks came during a conference in Vienna, in which he expounded the ....
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Sources: Obama seeks new Syria strategy review to deal with Daesh
Date: 2014-11-13 07:43:09 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:1323581
President Barack Obama has asked his national security team for another review of the U.S. policy toward Syria after realizing that Daesh may not be defeated without a political transition in Syria and the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, ....
